This is my first leather motorcycle jacket andfor the price it's top notch. I was hesitant atfirst to purchase this jacket because the lack ofarmor, but after some thought I pulled thetrigger and bought the jacket. My reasoningwas that I wanted a jacket I could wear off the bikeThe leather on the jacket is really soft and thickand in the event of a crash (hope I don't actuallyget to test it out) I believe it would hold up nicely.I just bought a Arai helmet from Revzilla so I had$30 in revzilla cash which brought the jacketprice down to $182....a no brainier.I tried on a couple of other River Road leather jackets witharmor and they were too bulky.This is a great jacket for the price. There may be betterjackets out there but not at this price point.